EP0872962A3 - Echo cancelling using foreground and background filters - Google Patents

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EP0872962A3
EP0872962A3 EP98302979A EP98302979A EP0872962A3 EP 0872962 A3 EP0872962 A3 EP 0872962A3 EP 98302979 A EP98302979 A EP 98302979A EP 98302979 A EP98302979 A EP 98302979A EP 0872962 A3 EP0872962 A3 EP 0872962A3
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Jorma Makinen
Antti Vahatalo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B3/00—Line transmission systems
    • H04B3/02—Details
    • H04B3/20—Reducing echo effects or singing; Opening or closing transmitting path; Conditioning for transmission in one direction or the other
    • H04B3/23—Reducing echo effects or singing; Opening or closing transmitting path; Conditioning for transmission in one direction or the other using a replica of transmitted signal in the time domain, e.g. echo cancellers

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The invention relates to echo cancelling methods used in telephone systems, more specifically to echo cancelling methods based on two filters. The echo cancelling method according to the invention employs two adaptive filters, namely, a main filter (10) and a background filter (50). The purpose of the background filter (50) is to guard against errors in the main filter (10) model. The main and background filter coefficients are updated on different conditions, and the residual signals (L_RES1, L_RES2) produced by the filters are compared to each other. The set of filter coefficients used for generating the echo canceller's output signal (S_OUT) is selected on the basis of said comparison of the residual signals. The selection of the set of filter coefficients is carried out either by copying the background filter coefficients to the main filter or by interchanging the background and main filter functions. Operation of the echo canceller in a double talk situation is enhanced by comparing the residual signals produced by the two filters frequency band by frequency band, thus avoiding errors caused by echo-resembling correlations caused by random loud sounds in double talk situations.
EP98302979A 1997-04-18 1998-04-17 Echo cancelling using foreground and background filters Expired - Lifetime EP0872962B1 (en)

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FI971664A FI104524B (en) 1997-04-18 1997-04-18 An echo cancellation system and method and a mobile station
FI971664 1997-04-18

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AT (1) ATE343874T1 (en)
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